Family Time
0 ~ 7 years
A one-room schoolhouse approach to music. With older children ready to show the little ones how it's done and the younger ones eager to learn, Family Time becomes a multi-layered learning environment. Each week, a Kindermusik Educator will introduce basic musical concepts and then give you the instruments, and the structured free time to put those concepts into play.
Your children will listen to instruments and to each other, learn from their peers and older children, and enjoy music and movement with hoops, scarves and tumble-around play. Story time and family jams, puppet play and happy singing—all the Family Time activities encourage discovery and exploration and foster sharing and social skills too. In this special place for musical, social and emotional learning, your children will strengthen their ties with each other and with you—and they'll start developing the skills they'll need in school and on the neighborhood playground.
Benefits for Your Child and You
- One convenient class that families can take together
- Introduces musical concepts and develops musical skills
- Allows each child to develop social skills—such as sharing, and turn-taking—in a multi-age, multi-child environment
- Strengthens the emotional bond among family members
Family Time Program Structure
- 45-minute weekly class
- Parent/caregiver participates the entire class
- Four non-sequential themes offered in rotation
- 4-8 families per class
We currently offer the following theme:
Make Way for Music (Summer, 2008)
Build family bonds, creativity and physical and mental development in a delightful one-room schoolhouse. Each week, children will listen to instruments and to each other, learn from their peers and older children, and enjoy music and movement from hoops, scarves, and tumble-around play. Story time and family jams, puppet play and happy singing - every Family Timeactivity encourages discovery and exploration and fosters sharing and social skills too!
Enjoy the Journey All Week Long
The Family Time At Home Materials include:
- Two(2) literature books: Drum Circle and Animals on Parade
- Two(2) Finger Drums
- Sing, Play & Grow! A family guide to musical fun-a book full of activities, information about child development, as well as fun facts about the songs enjoyed in class.
- Two (2) Professionally Recorded CDs for each semester, with over 60 songs, rhythms and chants.
- Jellybean band puppets: Rex the lion (hand puppet and finger puppet)
- Instrument Activity Game